Contributors -- Foreword -- Introduction -- The Austrian economists and the Keynesian revolution: the Great Depression and the economics of the short run / Richard M. Ebeling -- Austrian economics and the popular press / Gene Epstein -- Ludwig von Mises: the man behind the book / Gleaves Whitney -- The revolt against reason / George Roche -- Two variations on the Austrian monetary theme: Ludwig von Mises and Joseph A. Schumpeter on the business cycle / Richard M. Ebeling -- Mises and the philosophy of freedom / Charles Murray -- Ludwig von Mises: valiant defender of capitalism / Hans Sennholz -- "Human action" as a guidebook to modern public policy / Robert W. Poole -- Misesian economics and the path to prosperity / Israel M. Kirzner -- The moral element in Mises' Human action / Leland B. Yeager -- a moratorium on "neo-Liberalism" / Roberto Salinas-Leon -- Two cheers for government failure / Sanford Ikeda -- Mises and the demise of socialism / Karen I. Vaughn -- My contributions to economic theory / Ludwig von Mises -- Austrian school of economics / Ludwig von Mises